Red-hot Florida Panthers winger Mike Hoffman will face his former team

Red-hot Florida Panthers winger Mike Hoffman will face his former team Custom New York Islanders Jerseys , the Ottawa Senators, on Sunday afternoon but it is not the only storyline in this battle between Atlantic Division rivals.Both the host Panthers (5-5-3, 13 points) and the Senators (7-7-3, 17 points) will have a quick turnaround since they both played on Saturday night. In addition, Sunday’s contest is a couple hours earlier than usual — at 5 p.m. local time.The Senators will also have to travel from Tampa Bay, where they staged an incredible comeback to beat the Lightning, 6-4. The Lightning own the best record in the Eastern Conference, even with that stunning loss.Article continues below ...Ottawa trailed 4-2 to start the third period, but those four consecutive goals reversed a recent trend. Up until Saturday, the Senators had lost seven of their past nine games.Meanwhile, the Panthers earned their third straight win www.senatorsshoponline.com , defeating the New York Islanders 4-2.Hoffman scored a goal, extending his points streak a career-best 11 games.Florida captain Aleksander Barkov scored the go-ahead goal against the Islanders, coming through just nine seconds into a 4-on-3 Panthers power play.“We talk a lot about our power play,” Barkov said, “And it’s been going well the past couple of games.”Hoffman, who was Ottawa’s fifth-round pick in 2009, averaged 25 goals per season the past four years. But he was sent packing due to some ugly off-the-ice accusations — the wife of ex-teammate Erik Karlsson filed a protection order against Hoffman’s fiancée’ This was after the Karlssons received a large number of harassing messages, originating from fake social-media accounts.Hoffman and his fiancée’ denied culpability, but the Senators decided to trade their winger.Karlsson, the two-time winner of the Norris Trophy, given to the NHL’s top defenseman Ottawa Senators T-Shirts Womens , was traded to the San Jose Sharks in September.The trade left the Senators to regroup without Hoffman or Karlsson.In the past few days, another Senators controversy surfaced as seven Ottawa players were caught on tape making disparaging remarks about their coaches.Forward Matt Duchene, for example, said he had stopped listening to special-teams coach Martin Raymond three weeks ago.Perhaps Saturday’s win can spark a Sens turnaround. Goalie Craig Anderson made 20 saves against Tampa Bay to improve his record to 7-5-3 this season.Offensively, the Sens got one goal and two assists each from Duchene and Bobby Ryan. The Senators also converted on 2-of-4 power plays. Ryan Dzingel scored his team-high eighth goal, Mark Stone got his seventh, Duchene and Colin White got their sixth, Bobby Ryan got his fifth and first-round rookie Brady Tkachuk was credited with his fourth.As for the Panthers, despite a slow start, they have to be pleased with Hoffman, who has seven goals and five assists during his 11-game points streak Ottawa Senators Hoodies Womens , which is the longest such active run in the NHL.Among Panthers players in team history, only Pavel Bure had a longer streak, but Hoffman could tie that record with points in each of his next two games.Hoffman’s goal on Saturday, which was his seventh of the season, was the result of his backhand pass that found the back of the net after it deflected off of an Islanders player.“It was a bit of puck luck, but it was a timely goal for us,” Hoffman said. “I just tried to whack it toward the net, but when things are going your way “Indeed, the Panthers’ three-game win streak has coincided with the return of goalie Roberto Luongo, who injured his right knee during the season-opener. He is 3-0-0 since returning, allowing a total of just five goals.“We’re finding a pretty good rhythm Ottawa Senators Hats Womens ,” Luongo said. “Heading into the third period, we have confidence we’re going to pull out the game.” COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat Detroit in overtime and move within a point of clinching a playoff spot with two games left.Artemi Panarin put back his own rebound late in the game to tie it, setting up Pierre-Luc Dubois‘ shot from the slot 2:55 into the extra period for a 5-4 win over the Red Wings before a raucous sellout crowd Tuesday night.Columbus is one point or a loss by Florida shy of clinching at least a wild-card spot. The Panthers beat Nashville 2-1 on Tuesday night.”I think it says a lot when you’re able to come back like that and keep playing,” Dubois said after overcoming a 4-1 deficit. ”I think we (hit) five or six posts in the first two periods. We’re really confident now, and we want to keep it going.”The Blue Jackets are trying to get to the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time in franchise history, and for most of the game it looked as if Detroit would put a crimp in their plans.”It’s a resilient group that we have, and we’re never out of the fight,” said forward Cam Atkinson, who scored twice for Columbus.Sonny Milano also had a goal for the Blue Jackets, who have won 13 of 15. Sergei Bobrovsky had 23 saves. Seth Jones had three assists Custom Ottawa Senators Jerseys , and Panarin added two, claiming the Columbus franchise single-season points record with 80. Rick Nash had 79 in 2008-09.Jimmy Howard had 36 saves and Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals for the Red Wings, who ended a three-game winning streak. Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist, Darren Helm also scored and Henrik Zetterberg had three assists for Detroit.Bertuzzi put the Red Wings up four minutes into the game when he redirected Zetterberg’s shot from the left corner. Atkinson tied it on a power play a few minutes later when he waited next to the net and stuffed in a pass from Jones.Detroit went up 2-1 later in the period when Bobrovsky and defenseman Jones got tangled up in front of the goal and a bouncing shot from Helm went into the net off Jones. Bertuzzi got his second of the evening late in the period on a power play, beating Bobrovsky on a rush.Nyquist gave Detroit a three-goal edge on a power play just 31 seconds into the second period.Atkinson pulled it to 4-2 later in the period on a power play when he scored from the right circle as Alexander Wennberg screened out Howard. Detroit wanted goalie interference but didn’t the call. Milano poked in a loose puck from the doorstep to make it 4-3 midway through the third, and then Panarin tied it with 2:16 left in regulation.”They got a couple there and you could see the crowd got them into it,” Bertuzzi said. ”They gained momentum from that, and we just got away from what we were doing right.”NOTES: Columbus D Zach Werenski left the ice in the second period after taking a puck to the back of the head blocking a shot from Andreas Athanasiou. He came back later in the period. … Columbus F Alex Broadhurst made his NHL debut. He went to the penalty box in the first period for high-sticking, which led to a Detroit’s third goal. … Detroit C Dylan Larkin has six points in the past three games. … Dubois has seven points in the last four games. … Atkinson has seven goals and five assists in an eight-game point streak.UP NEXT:Detroit: Hosts Montreal on Thursday night.Columbus: Hosts Pittsburgh on Thursday night.—